Train Disaster Claims Twelve Dead In North Carolina
Twelve people were killed and about forty injured after passenger train No 11 on the Southern Railway jumped a 25 foot trestle into Reedy Creek near Greensboro North Carolina. Conductor George Cable crawled two miles to summon relief despite a broken leg. Geo J Gould and his son Jay were aboard but uninjured.
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Charlotte
N.C
Southern Railway
Reedy Creek
Greensboro
Geo. J. Gould
New York
Jay
George Cable
Decency demanded on Atlantic ships scuttles report
New York December 15 steamship agents deny to congress the immigration commission findings on steerage conditions. They dispute claims that men and women are crowded for decency that women face attacks by ship employees and that immorality prevails aboard trans Atlantic liners. A woman agent who traveled twelve days in steerage provided the sensational tale.
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New York
Immigration Commission
Congress
Rockefeller to Enter Drug Business Reported in Chicago
Report from Chicago says John D. Rockefeller plans to enter the drug store field with STANDARD OIL taking control of a chain. Details and timing are not clarified, but the move signals a major diversification by the industrial magnate.
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Standard Oil
Chicago
iIt
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Company
Milwaukee
Rockefeller
Baseball War Deepens As Johnson Attacks Ward For NL Presidency
Chicago reports the great winter baseball dispute heats up as Ban Johnson opposes John Montgomery Ward for the National League presidency on December 15. Rockefeller linked agents probe drug stores in Chicago and Milwaukee amid the market shakeup.
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Garry Herrmann
Ban Johnson
John Ward
National League
Chicago
John Montgomery Ward
Johnson
Murphy
Johnny Ward
Grocers Meeting Postponed Amid Trade Dinner
The regular meeting of the Retail Grocers Association was postponed to a future date due to the six oclock Board of Trade dinner at the Masonic temple last night.
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WAY
Nobby
Alaska
Heatherbloom
Meyer
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Gabe
Sib Ag
Solia Seenee RA
E. E. Rocker
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Rocker
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Burma
Comet
Axminster
Brussels
Edire Stam Fs Akca
Mission Round Top
Nelson's
Atlantic
Ward
Grocers
Frank Tillman
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